Chongzhen and I became partners

Chapter 266 What is there to brag about?
As soon as Abate gave an order, outside Jizhou city, people shouted and neighed, and it became lively.

Teams of Jianlu and Mongol Tartars began to assemble and set off.

Such a big movement has already alarmed Jizhou City.

The chief soldier Bai Tengjiao and the imperial envoy Yan Yingyuan were both observing the movement at the top of the city, watching Jianlu and Mongolian Tartars go south in groups, leaving behind a pile of rubbish.

After watching for a while, Bai Tengjiao asked in surprise, "Could it be that the imperial reinforcements have arrived?"

When Yan Yingyuan came, he had already told him to stick to Jizhou, wait for the reinforcements from the imperial court, and encircle and wipe out Jianlu under the city.

Now, Jianlu has been attacking the city for a day, and left without taking it down. This is not in line with Jianlu's urine.

However, if Jianlu started to attack Jizhou, the imperial reinforcements arrived, which also made him feel a little unbelievable, so he confirmed the situation with Yan Yingyuan.

Yan Yingyuan listened and watched the movement of the enemy outside the city. To be honest, he also felt a little weird.

Obviously, the response speed of the imperial army was too fast.

But he quickly remembered that in the previous words, he was rushed to the capital by [-] miles and entrusted with a heavy responsibility, which is inconceivable!
Also, Bingzhanju can actually produce a large amount of fine steel armor, as well as the improvement of gunpowder, and so on, the difference is also incredible!

Since the beginning of this year, there have been many unbelievable things. It seems that it is not unbelievable that the court reinforcements can arrive so quickly!
Thinking of this, he nodded and answered Bai Tengjiao, "That's right, the reinforcements from the imperial court must have arrived. And, for sure, both the Yongwei Battalion and the Jingying Battalion have come, otherwise, all the Jiankui would not have gone south to fight!"

When Bai Tengjiao heard this, he was overjoyed at first, and then he said worriedly: "The Beijing camp is all newly reorganized, and Jianlu has such a large number of troops. I'm afraid it will be difficult to fight?"

He didn't dare to tell the truth, because in his opinion, how could the new Beijing camp win Jianlu? This is Jianlu!

Yan Yingyuan laughed immediately when he heard this, looked away, looked at Bai Tengjiao, saw his worried expression, and asked him: "The Beijing camp is composed of the former soldiers of the Yongwei camp, the heroes of the Jianghu from the Xiaoyuan camp, and the water workers. , Not all of them are recruits. And now I can tell the commander-in-chief that the Beijing Camp and the Yongwei Battalion are all flintlock troops, and what new armors are equipped with them. Do you think Jianlu will be surprised? A battle, can we fight?"

Bai Tengjiao didn't know the full strength of the Jingying and Yongwei Battalion until this time, and he was stunned when he heard it.

He has seen the firmness and lightness of the new armor.For this reason, he didn't want the original Shanwen armor on his body, and took a new set of armor brought by Yan Yingyuan.

Unexpectedly, such a good new type of armor, the Jingying and the Yongweiying would have a pair of them. If it was replaced by the past, he would not believe such a thing even if he was killed!
After a long time, he came back to his senses. He seemed to be asking Yan Yingyuan, but he was probably talking to himself: "Is the emperor turning stone into gold, right? Or is there a cornucopia and throwing a piece of armor into it?" , can you take out countless armors?"

Industrialized steelmaking, assembly line operations, and a substantial increase in productivity are things that people in this era, or people in agricultural societies since ancient times, have never seen before.It is not surprising that Bai Tengjiao has such an idea.

Therefore, they really couldn't understand how it was possible to produce so many good things in just over half a year.

When Yan Yingyuan heard his words, he still replied, "It's not a treasure trove, but science, the knowledge bestowed by Emperor Taizu!"

"What? What knowledge?" Bai Tengjiao was a little puzzled when he heard it, suspecting that he had heard it wrong.

"Science!" Seeing him like this, Yan Yingyuan emphasized, "Science, understand?"

"I don't understand!" Bai Tengjiao answered honestly, shaking his head.

"I don't understand, anyway, the emperor understands!" Yan Yingyuan listened, but didn't pretend to understand. After explaining a sentence, he looked up at the dwindling Jianlu army outside the city, and then said to Bai Tengjiao: "Remove the sandbags blocking the city gate!"

"Huh?" Bai Tengjiao came back to his senses when he heard it, and also turned his head to look outside the city, and at the same time asked a little suspiciously, "Moving away so quickly?"

After hearing this, Yan Yingyuan turned back to look at him, nodded earnestly and said, "It must be Sun Benbing who commands the Jingying and Yongwei battalions. He is a man who knows soldiers, so he must be clear that the biggest advantage of the imperial army today is to build a prisoner. I don’t know the true situation of the Beijing Camp and the Yongwei Camp.”

Having said that, he paused, raised his voice, and said emphatically: "If my prediction is correct, Sun Benbing will definitely launch a full-scale offensive as soon as he comes into contact with Jianlu, so as to catch Jianlu by surprise. Otherwise If it is dragged down, Jianlu knows the real situation of the Beijing Camp and the Yongwei Camp, and it will be difficult to fight!"

Bai Tengjiao listened, thought about it seriously, and then nodded with a serious expression: "It should be like this. If it were someone else, they might be afraid of Jianlu's prestige, and maybe they would be more cautious. However, Sun Benbing has led troops for many years, so naturally Know how to adapt!"

Yan Yingyuan saw that he agreed with his point of view, so he grinned, turned his head to look at the Jianlu and Mongol Tartars who went south outside the city, and said at the same time: "If there is no mistake, tomorrow morning will be the decisive battle. We You have to be prepared to beat the dog in the water and earn a piece of military merit!"

Bai Tengjiao is not a person who is afraid of death, when he heard this, he was overjoyed immediately, he immediately agreed, and went to prepare.

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Jizhou is located at the transition between the Yanshan Mountains and the North China Plain. Therefore, to the south of Jizhou is the North China Plain, which is just right for large corps to fight.

By the afternoon, the main force of Kou Jianlu led by Abatai had already joined the former Horqin and Aohan tribes, facing the forwards of the Ming army.

The two sides did not fight directly, but launched a scouting war, that is to say, Jianlu's probing horses and Ming army's nights did not accept, and began to compete for control of the battlefield news.

Especially on the Jianlu side, I have always wanted to find out who is leading the Ming army on the opposite side, how many troops, how equipped, etc.

However, it is a pity that the Ming army did not go out as far as the army at night, and they were all in a nest, so it was not easy to catch them alive.

As the main force arrived one after another, two large armies began to gather about forty miles south of Jizhou.

As soon as Abatai rushed to the battlefield, he went to observe the situation of the Ming army, and at the same time called Wu Keshan of the Horqin tribe to question him.

Looking at the Ming army in the distance ahead, it seemed that there were three big camps in the shape of a Chinese character, and seeing the Ming army running at Yebushou, Abatai asked Wu Keshan at the same time: "How is the situation?"

"Back to Lord Baylor!" Wu Keshan replied quickly when he heard this, "This Ming army is very strong. Our Horqin tribe lost more than 100 people just after we met. If I didn't see the opportunity and retreated quickly, the loss would be great. !"

Speaking of this, he felt a little shameless, so he immediately added: "The opposite forward, the banner is Yongwei Yingzhou. According to the news, it should be the Ming general Zhou Yuji, who was named Zhongwu Bo by the Ming emperor, and his reputation is indeed well-deserved. , much stronger than the average Ming army!"

The striker is Zhou Yuji from the Yongwei Battalion, so if he fights against the Horqin clan, he will indeed be stronger.

Abatai thought in his heart, and asked Wu Keshan, "Who is the commander-in-chief of the Ming army?"

"I didn't catch any captives, so I only know that it's a Sun!" Wu Keshan replied with a little confidence after hearing this.

In his army, few people know Chinese characters, and they know even less about the Ming army.Before they approached the main force of the Ming army, they were often picked up or driven away by the Ming army Yebushu, so no more news could be obtained.

But Kong Youde, who was at the side, heard it, and quickly interjected, "It might be Sun Chuanting, Shangshu of the Ministry of War!"

He asked the Guan Ning Army captive a lot of questions in detail, such as Sun Chuanting being made Minister of the Ministry of War of the Ming Dynasty, the Guan Ning Army captive still knew about it.

Kong Youde saw that Abatai's expression didn't seem to change, so he quickly added: "This Sun Chuanting has real skills. He used to lead troops to fight, and almost wiped out the bandits in the pass. His ability to lead troops is comparable to Hong Chengchou's." That fellow... compared."

When I habitually mentioned Hong Chengchou, I suddenly remembered that Hong Chengchou had already surrendered to the Qing Dynasty and was on his side. It seemed that it was a bit bad to call him that, so I hesitated.

However, he found that Abatai didn't seem to care about this title at all, so he felt relieved.

After hearing what Kong Youde said, Abatai didn't pay much attention to it.Hong Chengchou, the most capable fighter in the Ming Dynasty, has surrendered to the Qing Dynasty now, so what about Sun Chuanting?The big deal is the second Hong Chengchou!Maybe it is far inferior to Hong Chengchou, because the name of Sun Chuanting has never been heard of.

What's there to brag about if you can win against those thieves!

The Guan Ning army, who was in awe of the Qing army like a tiger, was transferred to the pass at random, and they all chased the thieves and beat them!
However, he did not deny all of Kong Youde's words.

Because as far as he observed the situation of the Ming army on the opposite side, he did not see the panic of other Ming troops when they saw the Qing army.In terms of formation, there are also rules and regulations, and the formations are interconnected and supported by each other.Judging from these, then Sun Chuanting is not the kind of talking on paper, he is still a little capable.

Thinking of this, Abatai issued a military order to rest the whole army, restore the physical strength of men and horses, and go to battle tomorrow morning.

In ancient times, wars, especially Jianlu and Mongolian Tartars, were mainly based on cold weapons. Therefore, it is reasonable to recover physical strength after a long march and fight again.Unless it is a special case, he will go into battle regardless of fatigue.

On the side of the Ming army, the coach is of course Sun Chuanting.He also issued an order similar to Abatai's to let the whole army rest and wait for the next day.

The main reason why he let the army rest is still different.

From the capital to Jizhou is closer than Jianlu from Jielingkou to Jizhou.Originally, the imperial army would definitely have arrived in Jizhou earlier than Jianlu.However, Sun Chuanting slowed down the speed.There are four reasons for this.

(End of this chapter)